---
type: Body
title: "Department of Veterans Affairs"
classification: "executive-department"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-VETERANS-AFFAIRS"
head: "us/executive/veterans-affairs/secretary"
sources:
  - field: definition
    source: "5 U.S.C. § 101 (Executive departments)"
confidence: official
tags: [body, executive, executive-department]
timestamp: "2026-07-03"
---

# Department of Veterans Affairs

Executive department, established by 5 U.S.C. § 101. Headed by the [Secretary of Veterans Affairs](/us/executive/veterans-affairs/secretary.md).

## Referenced by the U.S. Code

316 sections of the U.S. Code reference this department. A sample:

- [2 U.S.C. § 900](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-20/section-900.md)
- [2 U.S.C. § 905](/legal/us/code/title-02/chapter-20/section-905.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 101](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-1/section-101.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 2108](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-21/section-2108.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 3304](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-33/section-3304.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 3310](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-33/section-3310.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 3330d](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-33/section-3330d.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 422](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-422.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 4301](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-43/section-4301.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5102](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-51/section-5102.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5314](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5314.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5315](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5315.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5342](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5342.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 6329a](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-63/section-6329a.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 6329b](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-63/section-6329b.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 6329c](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-63/section-6329c.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 7103](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-71/section-7103.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8101](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-81/section-8101.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8116](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-81/section-8116.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8311](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-83/section-8311.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8339](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-83/section-8339.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8903c](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-89/section-8903c.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 8905a](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-89/section-8905a.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 772](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-2/section-772.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 2015](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-51/section-2015.md)
- …and 291 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)